Film and identity in Kazakhstan : Soviet and post-Soviet culture in Central Asia /

Cinema and nationalism are two fundamentally modern phenomena, but how have films shaped our understanding of the creation--the 'imagining'--of Central Asian nations? Here, Rico Isaacs uses cinema as an analytical lens to explore how Kazakh national identity has been constructed and contes...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Isaacs, Rico (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018.
Series:International library of Central Asian studies ; 11.
Subjects:
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 in00000164747
006 m o d
007 cr cnu---unuuu
008 190503s2018 enka obq 001 0 eng d
005 20240702203429.9
020 |a 9781838608538  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 1838608532  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |z 1784538388 
020 |z 9781784538385 
035 |a (OCoLC)1099790963 
040 |a N$T  |b eng  |e rda  |e pn  |c N$T  |d N$T  |d EBLCP  |d OCLCQ  |d K6U  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL 
043 |a a-kz--- 
050 4 |a PN1993.5.K3  |b I87 2018eb 
072 7 |a PER  |x 009000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 791.74095845  |2 23 
100 1 |a Isaacs, Rico,  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Film and identity in Kazakhstan :  |b Soviet and post-Soviet culture in Central Asia /  |c Rico Isaacs. 
264 1 |a London :  |b I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,  |c 2018. 
264 4 |c ©2018 
300 |a 1 online resource (xv, 332 pages) :  |b illustrations 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
490 1 |a International library of Central Asian studies ;  |v 11 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction: From Constructed to Contested Nations: Theorising and Analysing Nation and Cinema -- 1. Kazakh Khanate to Kazakh Eli: Nation-building in Kazakhstan in Historical and Political Context -- 2. Between Two Worlds: Kazakh Film and Nation-building in the Soviet Era -- 3. The Disruption of Time: The 'Kazakh New Wave' 1985-95 -- 4. Naked in the Mirror: The Ethno-centric Narrative of Kazakh Nationhood -- 5. May the Grass Never Grow at Your Door: The Civic Conception of Nationhood in Kazakh Cinema -- 6. 'Hymn to Mother': Tengrism, Motherhood and Nationhood -- 7. The Steppe, Disorienatin, Division and Corruption: Social and Economic Visions of Modern Nationhood -- Conclusion. 
520 |a Cinema and nationalism are two fundamentally modern phenomena, but how have films shaped our understanding of the creation--the 'imagining'--of Central Asian nations? Here, Rico Isaacs uses cinema as an analytical lens to explore how Kazakh national identity has been constructed and contested. Drawing on an analysis of Kazakh films from the last century, and featuring new interviews with directors and critics involved in the Central Asian film industry, his book traces the construction of nationalism within Kazakh cinema from the country's inception as a Soviet Republic to its current status as a modern independent nation. Isaacs identifies four narratives since the collapse of the Soviet Union: a warrior-like 'ethnic' narrative rooted in the eighteenth-century struggles against the Mongolian Oirat tribes; a 'civic' inspired narrative cemented in the Stalinist deportations of the 1930s and 1940s; a religious narrative founded within the mystic and philosophical religion of Tengrism and the cult of the Sky God; and a socio-economic narrative which roots Kazakh nationhood and identity in contemporary social divisions, the lived day-to-day experiences of ordinary citizens and the struggles they face with authority. These last two tropes demonstrate how cinema has emerged as a site of dissent against the country's authoritarian regime under President Nazarbayev. Film and Identity in Kazakhstan advances our understanding of Kazakhstan and nationalism by demonstrating the multiple and inessential character of each, and illustrates the important role of cinema in contesting political power in the post-Soviet space--back cover. 
588 0 |a Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 3, 2019). 
650 0 |a Motion pictures  |z Kazakhstan  |x History. 
650 0 |a Nationalism in motion pictures. 
650 0 |a Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures. 
830 0 |a International library of Central Asian studies ;  |v 11. 
852 |b Online  |h ProQuest 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/emmanuel/detail.action?docID=5763523  |z Full text (Emmanuel users only)  |t 0 
938 |a ProQuest Ebook Central  |b EBLB  |n EBL5763523 
938 |a EBSCOhost  |b EBSC  |n 2112887 
947 |a FLO  |x pq-ebc-base 
999 f f |s 378b0473-2a90-4c8f-a89c-c63af655b4dd  |i 0acd61ba-3ac0-4898-9070-6ed879a85eb9  |t 0 
952 f f |a Emmanuel College  |b Main Campus  |c Emmanuel College Library  |d Online  |t 0  |e ProQuest  |h Other scheme 
856 4 0 |t 0  |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/emmanuel/detail.action?docID=5763523  |y Full text (Emmanuel users only)